read here<\/a> about a Dutchman who has built a replica of Noah\u2019s Ark. It\u2019s huge, but only 1\/5 of the size of the real thing. He\u2019s filled it with models of animals and a wax figure of an exhausted Noah stretched out for a nap.<\/div>\nI can remember being brought up in a fundamentalist church, being enthralled by the seemingly endless number of books and films that came out about the search for Noah\u2019s Ark on Mount Ararat.<\/p>\n
Funny how the Protestants have their own relics. The search for Noah\u2019s Ark, the tantalizing scraps of legend, evidence and sightings\u2013none of which will ever really be proved\u2013are a bit like the Shroud of Turin, the Titulus Crucis<\/em> etc. for Catholics. There\u2019s always just enough evidence to make you believe for a moment, then a scientist comes along with \u2018foolproof\u2019 evidence to disprove the relic. Then another scientist comes along with more evidence that casts doubt on the foolproof evidence.<\/p>\nI love this stuff, if for no other reason than that it annoys the chattering classes.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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